Machine for making cup-shaped articles.



L. P. BRASCH & A. G. TEANY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CUP SHAPED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1911.

1,033,300, Patented July 23,1912.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CUP SHAPED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1911.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CUP SHAPED ARTICLES.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING 0UP SHAPED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1911 v 1,033,300, Patented July 23,1912.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING 0UP SHAPED ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1911.

1,033,300. Patented July 23,1912.

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and ARTHUR United States, residing, respectively, at Newark and East Orange, in the county of Jersey, have inuseful Improve-f ments in MachinesfonMaking Cup-Shaped .of the clutch mechanism which provides for lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descri such as will enabe I others skilled in the art to which it apper for thenext ,box-en d.

The invention .is'illustrated .in ;the accom LOUIS F. IBRASC-H,

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Specification of lZ-etters Patent. Application filed June a, 1911. serial No. 632,000.

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Be it known ,that we, Louis F. BRASCH C. TEANY, citizens of s the Essex and State .of New vented .certain new and Articles; and'we dohereby declarethe fol-f tion of the Invention,

tains to makeand use the same, reference being had. to the accompanying drawings and to figures of reference marked thereon, f

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which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a machine for, forming hox -ends and lids .and similar; shaped structures of card-board, that is,

structures of a cup-shape, and formin these structures from'one sheet of materia by clamping the sheet to-form. anend-piece by turning down-the side edgs b down one side of the material and tating the sheet of material-so as to roll the edge or.- rim so that successive folds are formed due to the natural wrinkling or creasing of the. paper .or similar material,

and cutting off the surplus material at the folded part of the rim sofas to form an edge that is neat.

The cover that is adapted to made on', g Y

clutch, the oth this machine is particularly described and illustrated in an a cut filed Septem erv boxends or lids and when .the chine is automatically stopped-s0 that the box-end can be taken from the clamping means and a new sheet of material inserted panying drawings, in-:which- Fi re 1 is a the taken :from .the

holding Q then rogaged the. rolling or turning-down mechan sm. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3- .with the material of the boxrend turned ,down and with the rollerand knife in place. 5 is a view similar to Fig. t with the .rol er and knife locked in place and with the ,turning-down mechanism being returned to ltS normal vposition. Fig. 6 is a front view ,asingle rotation of the machine; Fig. 7 is Fig. 8 is a" horizontal section of the car- ,riage carrying the frolling and cutting mech- ,anism, said sectionbeing' taken on line 8, in Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a side view of the .cutter. perspectve .of part of abox-end or cover after it is taken from the machine, and Fig. 11 is a section showing the cutter 1n dotted outline and illustrating its coaction withthe bottom of the platen that f supports the sheet of material being formed in the act of cutting. a

The machine. comprises a suitable base 10 ,Which canbe ofany suitable configuration and .is providedith a table 11 and a baseplication for Letters Pat-j: 14, 1910, Serial Noi; 581,956, and the. machine herein described .and illustrated .is adapted to form these and similar structures perspective view taken from ont with'gthe base of .the.mach 1ne broken away. Fig.2 .isv a perspective View. sh

' rear. Fig. 3 is a front .view

plate 12. .A bracket 13 and a frame .14 suped a pulley 16 nected up with although other which is adapted to be cona belt to drive the machine, driving means can be employed. The pulley 16 is loose on the sha'ft .15 andis connected with one member 17- of a er member 18 0f the clutch- ;shaft 15, but being fixed to the shaft so that. when the member 18 0f the clutch is rotated,- that -.is,v when the clutch is thrown inoperativeconnection, ,the shaft .is forced torotate. The member '18 sliding on the of aufork .19 on a bell-crank; 20 which is pulleddown .by a rod- 21 when the foottreadle or leuer22.is..pressed down by .the foot. When this treadle is ushed down the fork 19 pushes themem r 18 of the clutch against .the member brought incontact as shown in -Fig. 7, and the miter-gear. 23..engages the gear 24 and the .cquntershaft 25., on which countershaft is mounted a cam 26,;and when the counteraft: 25 ,has rotated. one revolution, which is sufficient to drive the machine .far enough to form one ,device on the as will hereinafter described, a recess 27 anhorizontal{section taken through 6.

port the driving-shaft 15.0 1 which is mountof-the clutch is .operatedmanually by means 7 and the teeth I 011 the PPQ. Sed ,faces of th members arej machine,

in the cam permits the roller 28 on the rod 29 to be forced in, due tothe normal action of the spring 30 bearing on the bell-crank t0 force the clutch members apart and the machine is automatically stopped. On the countershaft is a gar31 which is in mesh with a gear 32, which gear is secured on a shaft which extends up through the bearing 33'and is connected to a rotating platen 34, suitable ball-bearings 35 making the rotation of this of the bolt 35 and. the collar 36, which collar is in turn secured to the shaft on which the by the turning gear 32 is arranged. This platen is made removable because it is easily changed when a different size of box-end or cover is to be made, and thus a wide scope for difierentsizes is presented, as will. be understood.

The blank 37, which consists of a sheet of material and in mostcases is cardboard, is laid on the platen 34, and we usually use rectangular blanks,

vided for permitting theturned-down portion to form the rim of the cover or boxend.

We intend to use this machine principally for the manufacture of box-covers, and this specification will describe the product of the machine as the cover.

Mounted on, the table 11 is an arm 38 which is provided onits end with a bearing 39 in which is rotatably arranged a cam 40, which cam has arms 41 for turning the end which has the cam faces 42, the cam faces being adapted to bear on the stems 43 which slide in the bearing 39 and have extensions 44 and nuts 45 for their adjustment, the extensions being fastened to the wings 46, turn fastened to the the clamping-plate "54. In Figs. 1 and 2' the cam-plate is turned to permit the stems 43 to ride up against the recessed portion of each cam face 42,'and the spring 53, through the stem 51, acts to raise the clamping-plate 54 and the plunger 47 with the stems43, and room is provided for the insertion of a sheet of material 37 to form a cover. ,The material is quickly centered by letting its back edge bear against the adjustable guiderod 55, and one of its side edges bear against the adjustable guide-rod 56.

On the table 11 is a block platen 34 easy. The platen 34 is removable preferably by means although any shape can be used as long as sufficient materialis pro-v down rim.

yoke and are .spring 89. The rods 88' 57 which is slotted at 58 to receive a rib 59 of a frame 60, a suitable bolt 61 clamping the frame in adjusted position on the block so as to provide for its distance from the clamping mechanism of the cover, and thus provide for an approximate adjustment, particularly when different size covers are made and a different sized platen 34 is put into the machine. On the frame is a groove 62 which is preferably of a dove-tailed type, and in which slides'a carriage 63. A lug '64 on the frame acts for the pivotal attachment 65 ofa lever 66, which lever 66 is attached as at 67 to the carria e and has a free operating end 68, which ree end acts as a handle. When the arm or lever 66 is swung forward the carriage is pushed toward the platen. The carriage carries a pair of rods 69 and 70, each of which passes through the front and rear wall of the carriage, and each one is adjustable by having its' ends screw-threaded, each rod having adjustable nuts 71 secured thereon to. limit the forward movement of said rods induced by. the springs 72 and 73, respectively. The projecting end of the rod is provided with a roller 74, the diameter of the lower part 75 of the roller 74 being smaller than the upper part 76 of the roller, the roller being held in a fork 77 on the end of the rod 70, A fork 78 on the rod 69 supports a roller 79 which has a lmife 80 at the bottom thereof, which knife co-acts with the bottom edge of the platen 34 as shown in Fig. 11 to cut off excess material from the turned When the carriage 63 is moved forward it carries with it a rod 81 which is adjustable in .the block 82 on the top of thecarriage, being held in place by a suitable set-screw 83. When the carriage is moved forward this rod 81 has its end 84 forced against a latch 85, the latch being free to swing in a reverse direction, and when pushed by the rod 81in a forward direction, presses down on a pin 86'on a yoke 87, which yoke 87 is fastened to the two rods 88 which slide together on account of being secured to the normally held upward by a 90 which is fastenedtoa plate 91. 91 is fastened to the and falls therewith. A curler and: guide 92 is fastened at the point 93 or any other suitable point on the carriage-63, and when the carriage is moved forward this curler and guide bears against the edge of the strip or sheet of material 37 and gives it its first tendency'to be turned down as it is rotated. A fender 94 is adjustable by means of the bolts 95 and the nuts 96. being secured to the end of the plunger 47 and acting to preven't'upward buckling of the sheet 37 when it is engaged by the curling and guidingplate 92.

slide in a standard The plate plunger'47 and rises against the guides 55 and 56, then the arms 41 are rotated and the cam with its cam faces 42 forces the stems 43 downward so that the clamping-plate 54 holds the sheet .63 with it. The

37 down against the platen 34 so as to insure its rotation with the platen and with The clamping-plate 54 is rotatably arranged on the end of the plunger 47, its easy rotation being insured by suitable ball-bearings 97, then the ophandle 68 and swings the which carries the carriage curling and guiding-plate 92 turns down the end or rim of the cover to be formed from the sheet of material 37. At .the same time the end. 84 of the rod 81 forces the latch 85 topush down the two erator grasps the lever 66 forward rods 88, these rod-s engaging the edge of the cover to formthe mm on each side of the roller 79 and forces this material down flat against the side of the platen as shown in Fig. 4, this being done through the beveled or oblique roller 79 engages a perfectly flat rim and is held tightly in place by the action of the spring which has been slightly compressed when the carriage is moved forward and the roller is in tightcontact, the lever 66 having in the meantime been locked shut by the catch 99 pivoted at 100- on and having a nose 101 to engage the edge of the lever 66. A handle 102 provides for the swinging of the lever by hand. The roller 74 with its smaller diameter at the bottom also engages the turned-over rim, and by its smaller diameter at the bottom does notgive such a strong pressure where the folds 103 (Fig. 10) come in the material so that when the sheet 37 is; revolved, as hereinafter described, the change from aflat disk as shown in Fig. 3 to the turned-over rim shown in Fig. l is gradual, being slightly turned first by its engagement with the.

92 and havlng its creases or folds formed by the roller 74 into a substantially shar-p angle placed at the juncture of the endiece and the rim of the cover, and then rol edflat by theroller 79 and the'surplus material on the edge out off by the knife 80, acting in conjunction with the bottom surface of the platen 34. The movement of the rods 88 induced by the engagement of the end of the rod 81 with the latch guiding-plate 85 bends down the rim of the cover 'just,

before it is engaged by the roller 7 9 and the knife 80, and the further movement of the carriage induced by the lever 66 causes the sprin 73 to be compressed, shown in Fig. 3, and t e end of the rod 81 has been carried beyond the latch 85 and the spring 89 returns the rods 88 to their normal positions faces 98 of these rods 88, and the the carriage 63 progressing the folding entlre platen to fold a1 of material 37, arerotated one turn, the material as above described being fed under the gulding-plate 92 and past the rollers, the rollers being rotated by the frictional contact against the material from which the cover is being made. -The buckling of the material which is induced by its contact with the guiding-plate 92- is prevented by the fender 94 which prevents the cardboard from rising up. When the cover has been made by one rotation of.the platen 34 the machine automatically stops by the action of the cam 26 acting on the rod 29 to permit the clutch members to be forced apart. The handles 41' of the c'am 40 are then turned sufficiently to allow the spring 53 to snap 'the stems 43 along with the plunger 47 and the clamping-plate 54 upward, and the cover can then be lifted from the platen and removed from the machine and another sheet of cardboard inserted for the manufacture of another cover.

The machine is simple and by test we have found that its operation is assured, a machine to successively engage cardboard to form it into folds on its rim and then out these folds even, utilizes the natural creasing of the material, compresses it in a narrowscope, does, away with the necessity of scorlng the material before it is folded, and makes a stiff one-piece cup-shaped article of cardboard, as will be evident.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. A machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a platen, a clamping means for holding a sheet of material on the platen, means for engaging one point of the material'beyond the platen and folding it against the platen, means for means around the ural creases, and a cutter acting to shear against the'edge ofthe platen for trimming the folded edges of the sheet.--

2. A-machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a clamping mechanism adaptedto grasp a sheet of material, the sheet of material being lar 'er than the clamping surface of the clamping mechanism,

material at the edge of the sheet down against the foldingmechanism at one point of its surface, means for rotating the clamp ing mechanism cessively engaging the edges of the sheet for causing the sheet to fold its natural creases,

co-acting means on the last-mentioned the edges into natmeans for bending the excess with its sheet, means for suc- 4.

platen and by the clamping mechanism" means and the bending means for causing the disengagement of the bending means from the edge of the sheet of material, and cutting means for trimming the folded edges of the sheet.

3. A machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a platen, a clamping late movable toward and from the face 0 the platen, means for operating the clamping plate, a bending device adapted to force a sheet of material held on the against the edge of the platen, a sliding car-.

riage, folding means on the carriage, cutting means on the carriage, means for operating the carriage toward and from the edge of the platen, and means on the carriage for 1 forcing the bending means in engagement with the sheet of material before the folding and the cutting means engage said edge. 5. A'machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a platen, a clamping plate movable toward and from the platen and adapted to be rotated therewith, means for rotating the platen, a bending meanssecured to and movable Jon the clamping means, means for forcing the clamping means toward the platen, a sliding carriage, means projecting from the carrla e and in operative relation with thebending means when the clamping plate is forced to its clamping position, folding means on the carriage, cutting means on the carriage, and means for moving the carriage toward and from the edge of the platen.

6. A machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a platen, a

clamping plate movable toward and from the platen and adapted to be rotated therewith, means for rotating the platen, a bending means secured ,to and movable on the clamping means, means for forcing the clamping means toward the platen, a sliding carriage, means projecting from the car riage and in operative relation .with the bending means when t 1e clamping plate is forced to its clamping position, folding means on the carriage, cutting means on the cariage, springs adapted to bear on the foldingmeans and the cutting means when the said means are pressed against the edge of the platen, and means for moving the car riage toward and fromthe platen. I

adjusting means forming one-piece cup-' 7. A machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a platen, a clamping plate, means for forcing the clamping plate toward and from the platen,

and its operating mechanism, the clamping plate being rotatably mounted on. its operating mechanism, a bending means mounted on the operatingmechanism of the clamping plate and movable therewith,'a sliding carriage, means for forcing the slidingcarriage toward-and. from the platen, means on the sliding carriage. for forcing the bending means down at the edge of a stripof material held'between the platen and the clamp ing plate, a folding means and a cutting between the clamping plate means on the sliding carriage and adapted to be placed against-the material at the edge of the laten, and means for rotating the platen or causing the engagement of the portions of the edge of the sheet'of material successivelyby thefolding means and the cutting means. 'i

8. A machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a table, an arm pro ecting from the table, a platen rotatably mounted on the table, a clamping plate above the platen, the clamping plate being rotatably mounted on the arm,'means for forcing the clamping plate toward and from the platen, a sliding carriage on the table, a folding roller yieldingly mounted on the carriage, a knife yieldingly mounted on the carriage, the knife being adapted to cooperate with the edge of the platen for cutting material, a bending means, means on the carriage for operatin the bending means when the carriage is slid forward and before the folding roller and the cutter have eng'aged the edge of the platen, and means for forcingthe carriage toward and from the platen. i

9-. A machine for .formin one-pieee-cuP- shaped articles consisting o a table, an arm projecting from the table, a platen rotatably mounted on the table, a clamping plate above the platen, the clamping plate being rotatably mounted on the arm, means for forcing the clamping plate toward and from the platen, a sliding carriage on the table, a folding roller yieldingly mounted on the carriage, a knife yieldingly mounted on the carriage, the knife being adapted to cotiperate with the edge of the. platen for cutting material, a bending means, means on the carriage for operating the bend-ing means when the carriage is slid forward and before the folding roller and the cutter have engaged t-he edge of the platen, a guiding plate a secured to the carriage and adapted to engage the edge of a sheet of material held between the platenand the clamping plate to fold it down toward the platen, and

means for forcing the carriage toward and from the platen.

10. A machine for forming one-piece cupshaped articles consisting of a platen, a clamping means for holding a sheet of ma. terial on the platen, the sheet of material and cutting means for trimming the folded edge of the sheetagainst the platen.

In testimony, that'we claim the foregoing,

We have hereunto set our hands this 22nd 15 day of May 1911.

nornsr; BRASCH. ARTHUR o. TEANY'. Witnesses WM. H. CAMFIELD,

M. A. Jameson. 

